[What happened to "fixed tenure" of two years!? Never ever had happened like this.
Of course, naval chief, Vishnu Bhagawat, in another first, had summarily been dismissed by Fernandes/Vajpayee. So, now, some courtroom tamasha! The tweet from Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari, on the subject, deserves atttention: <<In terms of both Lok Pal Act & Supreme Court Judgment in Jain Hawala case-Director CBI has a fixed tenure of 2 years.Govt can not curtail tenure/take interim measures without a meeting of Committee consisting of PM,CJI & leader of Opposition/single largest party.Prima Facie ?able>> (Ref.: < https://twitter.com/ManishTewari/status/1054931692073422850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1054931692073422850&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialexpress.com%2Findia-news%2Fcbi-director-alok-verma-special-director-rakesh-asthana-sent-on-leave-m-nageshwar-rao-named-interim-head%2F1359135%2F >.) Quite significantly, not only the CBI Director has been divested of charge, despite the provision for "fixed tenure", three officers next in seniority stand superseded. An amplified rerun of what had happened with the Indian Army. <<The order implies that the government has sidelined all the three additional directors number three in the agency's hierarchy, including A K Sharma, whose name had figured in the complaint by Asthana. (*Read as*: The order implies that the government has sidelined all the three additional directors, including A K Sharma, number three in the agency's hierarchy, whose name had figured in the complaint by Asthana.) Both CBI director Alok Verma and special director Rakesh Asthana have been "divested of all powers", sources said, calling it the first such case in the history of the agency.>> (Ref.: < https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-appoints-nageshwar-rao-as-new-interim-cbi-chief/articleshow/66340725.cms?fbclid=IwAR2OBWOAw2II5F-_8rZZYuxFi02ARuMwWaiJ-1Ef-Ku5ORWcVoKxwraFb5U >.) Not only that: <<A total of 9 officer have been transferred. Deputy SP of CBI AK Bassi has been transferred and posted as Deputy SP CBI, ACB Port Blair. (So, ***transferred from Delhi to Port Blair***!) Additional SP CBI SS Gum has been transferred and posted as CBI, ACB Jabalpur. CBI DIG MAnish Kumar Sinha, DIG Taurn Gauba, DIG Jasbir Singh, DIG Anish Prasad, DIG KR Chaurasia, HoB Ram Gopal and SP Satish Dagar have been transferred. These officials were probing into the case against Asthana, as per ANI report.>> (Ref.: < https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/cbi-director-alok-verma-special-director-rakesh-asthana-sent-on-leave-m-nageshwar-rao-named-interim-head/1359135/ >.) Verma himself had been appointed as the CBI Director by this very regime, pitchforked from outside of the CBI ranks, flouting the set norms. The regime is, obviously, out to subvert all the vital institutions. Now, it's for the judiciary to safeguard its credibility. Let's see.] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/government-divests-alok-verma-of-charge-as-cbi-director-rakesh-asthana-nageshwar-rao-5415417/ Alok Verma removed as CBI Director, moves SC challenging govt’s midnight order M Nageshwar Rao, a 1986 batch Odisha cadre officer and Joint Director at the CBI took over the duties and functions of CBI Director. Written by Sushant Singh | New Delhi | Updated: October 24, 2018 11:18:38 am In midnight move, govt divests Alok Verma of charge as CBI Director Alok Verma was stripped of all his responsibilities as the CBI director (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) After the government in a dramatic move sent the CBI’s “No 1 and No 2 on leave” Alok Verma approached the Supreme Court challenging his removal as the agency’s director. The case is likely to come up for hearing on Friday. M Nageshwar Rao, a 1986 batch Odisha cadre officer and Joint Director at CBI has been directed to take over as the chief, according to an order by the prime minister-led Appointments Committee. Early morning reports suggested that raids were conducted at the CBI Headquarters in New Delhi and the office was sealed and outsiders were not allowed inside. The 10th and 11th floor of the CBI building are being searched. The offices of both Verma and Asthana have also been sealed. However, the building has now been opened, PTI reported. The unprecedented move comes at a time when Verma was at loggerheads with the CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, booked by the agency in an alleged bribery case. Meanwhile, in another development, CBI Dy SP Ajay Kumar Bassi, who was leading the investigating against Asthana has been transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands with immediate effect. Explained: What is the CBI vs CBI war? Rakesh Asthana was also stripped of all his responsibilities at the agency yesterday. Asthana, a 1984 batch Indian Police Service officer of Gujarat cadre, is alleged to have demanded a bribe of Rs 5 crore from a Hyderabad-based businessman through two middlemen to help him get off the hook in the Moin Qureshi case. Read in Bangla | Malayalam | Tamil Verma also alleged corruption on Asthana’s part with regard to the Sterling Biotech case. Asthana hit back by writing to the Cabinet Secretary saying that Verma was interfering in his probes and had tried to stall a raid on Lalu Prasad in the IRCTC case. He also alleged corruption on Verma’s part. READ | Mud flies in war within CBI, Asthana sent list against Verma, with over a dozen complaints In midnight move, govt divests Alok Verma of charge as CBI Director Asthana Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court for quashing of an FIR lodged against him by Verma. The court inturn directed the CBI to maintain “status quo” until Monday on proceedings. The agency had also arrested its own Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Kumar for “faslification of records” in connection with the bribery allegations against Asthana. READ | Rakesh Asthana charges: CBI sent team to question Vadodara businessmen View image on Twitter View image on Twitter rahul tripathi ✔ @rahultripathi #NageshwarRao is an IPS officer from Odisha cadre, joined CBI as joint director, promoted to additional director this year. A chemistry post graduate from Osmania University, did his research in Madras IIT, before joining the IPS in 1986. #CBIvCBI @IndianExpress 8:24 AM - Oct 24, 2018 55 23 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Alok Verma joined the IPS in 1979 at age 22 and was allotted to the AGMUT (Arunachal, Goa, Mizoram, UTs) cadre. He was the youngest officer in his batch. Prior to assuming the office of CBI Director, Verma had been Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Director General of Prisons, Delhi; Director General of Police, Mizoram; DGP, Puducherry and IGP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He was also the only one to hold the top post at CBI without any prior experience in the agency. 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